Runar Karlsson

Runar Karlsson (born 3 June 1953) is a politician in the Åland Islands, an autonomous and unilingually Swedish territory of Finland.^[1]

On Åland he is well known for his proposals for more roundabouts, hence his nickname "Roundabout-Runar".^[2]

Government posts

• Minister of Communications 2005-2009
• Member of the Lagting (Åland parliament) 2003-
• Minister of Transportation and Energy 1999-2003^[3]

References

1. "Åland representative in Nordic Council removed for verbal attacks on Finland". Helsingin Sanomat. May 11, 2004. Archived from the original on 7 Jun 2012.
2. "Runar är pappa till sex rondeller". Nya Åland. 29 May 2013.
3. "WINDBLATT Interview with Åland's Minister of Energy Runar Karlsson" (PDF). WINDBLATT. No. 05/2003. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 Jan 2007.

External links

• Official site